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How the World Was - A California Childhood

By: First Second Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Graphic Novels - Alternative (First Second Books)


Product Info

Title
How the World Was - A California Childhood
Publisher
Category
Author
Emmanuel Guibert
Publish Year
2014
Pages
160
Dimensions
6.25x9.5x.5"
NKG Part #
2148139822
Type
Softcover

Description

In 1994, French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert befriended an American veteran named Alan Cope and began creating his new friend's graphic biography. Alan's War was the surprising and moving result: the story of Cope's experiences as an American GI in France during World War II.

How the World Was is Emmanuel Guibert's moving return to documenting the life of his friend. Cope died several years ago, as Guibert was just beginning work on this book, but Guibert has kept working to commit his friend's story to paper. Cope grew up in California during the great depression, and this remarkable graphic novel details the little moments that make a young man's life...while capturing the scope of America during the great depression.